大学英语IV

汪丽萍

目录

  • 1 必须了解的
    • 1.1 课程大纲、进度计划
    • 1.2 四级真题解析课件
  • 2 unit 1 Urban development
    • 2.1 lead-in, background
    • 2.2 text analysis, critical thinking
    • 2.3 reading skill and writing skill
    • 2.4 language focus and language appreciation
  • 3 unit 2 Secrets to beauty
    • 3.1 lead-in, background
    • 3.2 text analysis, critical thinking
    • 3.3 reading skill and writing skill
    • 3.4 language focus and language appreciation
    • 3.5 Chinese Wisdom
  • 4 unit 3 Being entrepreneurial
    • 4.1 lead-in, background
    • 4.2 text analysis, critical thinking
    • 4.3 reading skill and writing skill
    • 4.4 language focus and language appreciation
    • 4.5 Chinese Wisdom
  • 5 unit 4 Why culture counts
    • 5.1 lead-in, background
    • 5.2 text analysis, critical thinking
    • 5.3 reading skill and writing skill
    • 5.4 language focus and language appreciation
    • 5.5 Chinese Wisdom
  • 6 unit 5 Gender equality
    • 6.1 lead-in, background
    • 6.2 text analysis, critical thinking
    • 6.3 reading skill and writing skill
    • 6.4 language focus and language appreciation
    • 6.5 Chinese Wisdom
  • 7 unit 6 Energy and food crisis
    • 7.1 lead-in, background
    • 7.2 text analysis, critical thinking
    • 7.3 reading skill and writing skill
    • 7.4 language focus and language appreciation
    • 7.5 Chinese Wisdom
  • 8 unit 7 Passion guides life choices
    • 8.1 lead-in, background
    • 8.2 text analysis, critical thinking
    • 8.3 reading skill and writing skill
    • 8.4 language focus and language appreciation
    • 8.5 Chinese Wisdom
text analysis, critical thinking
  • 1 text analysis
  • 2 critical thi...

Global understanding of the text

Skim the text for two minutes and answer the following questions.

Who is the story about?

What has he done in general?
What type of writing is this text?
 

Detailed understanding of the text

Read the text again and answer the following questions.

  1. According to Para. 2, why did the author think that Henry was “an unusual specimen”?

  2. According to Para. 3, what was one of Henry’s earliest achievements in animal rights campaigns?

  3. What did Henry succeed in persuading Revlon to do?

  4. Why did many major cosmetics corporations such as Avon and Bristol-Myers follow the example of Revlon?

  5. What approaches or methods did Henry use to achieve success in his campaigns for animal rights?

  6. How did Henry react to the doctors’ prediction that he might die in a few months?

  7. According to the text, what is “one essential mark of living well” (Para. 13)?



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